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400 gather to celebrate Rural Press Club 50th in Brisbane + PICS

Qld Rural Press Club president and Beef Central editor James Nason hosting the 50th anniversary lunch.

400 friends and guests of the Rural Press Press Club of Queensland have gathered in the main auditorium of the Brisbane City Hall this afternoon for a long lunch to celebrate the club’s 50th anniversary.

The event is celebrating the integral role the Rural Press Club has played in connecting city and country and amplifying issues of importance to rural Queensland, ever since 23 rural journalists attended the first Rural Press Club lunch in 1972 to hear a veterinarian argue for greater…

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